Neurath's whale

Henning, M. (2011) Neurath's whale. In: Alberti, S. , ed. (2011) The Afterlives of Animals. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813931678

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Abstract

Taking a brief passage by Otto Neurath about a whale exhibit, I raise questions about how we interpret exhibits, using phenomenological and social-historical approaches, and I use Bruno Latour’s notion of objects as actants and imbroglios to reconsider the anthropological idea of the “social life of things” and ask how museums and popular attractions manage and contain their specimens.

Item Type:Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:Bruno Latour, Otto Neurath, museums, objects
Faculty/Department:~Pre-2010 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Creative Arts > School of Creative Arts > Department of Culture, Media and Drama
Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education > Department of Creative Industries
ID Code:12652
Deposited By: A. Lawson
Deposited On:29 Sep 2010 08:25
Last Modified:22 Nov 2012 15:59

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